US Patent Issued to Stryker on Aug. 4 for "Chest compression system retainer with rigid brace for use with a patient transport apparatus" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,274, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Chest compression system retainer with rigid brace for use with a patient transport apparatus" was invented by Cory P. Herbst (Shelbyville, Mich.), Joshua B. White (Portage, Mich.) and Brandon David Naber (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient care system for treating a patient is provided. The patient care system includes a patient transport apparatus, a chest compression system configured to provide automatic chest compressions to a patient, and a retainer for securing the chest compression system to the patient transport apparatus. The patient...